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		formerly_proven on Dec 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The best leaders are great individual contributors... Where management is literally the only career path in almost every company.

thih9 on Dec 3, 2022 [–]

And you get promoted until what you do changes so much that you’re not good at it anymore, so you can’t justify another promotion and you remain a middle manager.

xyzwave on Dec 3, 2022 | [–]

This is called the Peter Principle.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

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